Associated Press
A man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt targeting former President Donald Trump was charged Monday with federal gun crimes.
Ryan Wesley Routh faces charges of possessing a firearm despite being a convicted felon and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
He appeared briefly in federal court in West Palm Beach.
Additional and more serious charges are possible as the investigation continues and prosecutors seek an indictment.
The episode occurred Sunday afternoon when Secret Service agents stationed a few holes up from where Trump was playing noticed the muzzle of an AK-style rifle sticking through the shrubbery that lines the course, roughly 400 yards away.
An agent fired and Routh dropped the rifle and fled in an SUV, leaving the firearm behind along with two backpacks, a scope used for aiming and a GoPro camera, the authorities said. Routh was later stopped by law enforcement in a neighboring county.
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Republished with permission of The Associated Press.
2 comments
Dont Say FLA
September 16, 2024 at 12:26 pm
Lucky he had a felony record and a wiped serial number since they can’t charge him with anything else given that Florida is a constitutional carry state thanks to Rhonda and the GOP, and the guy was on the public setback of a public road with a rifle, which is totally legal, when tyrannical government agents decided he should be shot at.
This guy should have a legit case against the tyrannical government agents who shot at him without having any known justification for shooting at him. How many millions will he get, and who gets pay for those millions of dollars? Taxpayers, that’s who.
Yrral
September 16, 2024 at 12:32 pm
Both him and Trump have something in common,he a felon in possession of a gun Google Trump Felon Possession